Shakti then merged the six children into one child with six heads (hence the name Shanmukha) and gave him a spear. These children were nursed by the Krittikas or the stars of the Pleiades constellation. It set afire a forest of reeds and finally was transformed into six children. It burned like fire and could not be cooled by the wind. Persuaded by Shakti, Shiva let the Devas have his seed but it was so potent that no single womb was good enough for it. Finally, the Devas got the mother-goddess Shakti to force Shiva to become her husband by demonstrating her will and her devotion. When the love-god Kama tried to arouse his senses, Shiva opened his third eye and reduced him to ashes. The many attempts of the gods to get Shiva married and produce a child became the subject of KalidasaвЂ™s song Kumarasambhava or the conception of Kartikeya also known as Kumara, the eternal boy. Shiva, lost in meditation, was indifferent to the pleas of the Devas. Where would they find a child who would be man enough to fight in the seventh day of his life? They were directed to Shiva. The sky-gods or Devas were desperate for a leader to defeat their enemies, the Asuras, who were being led by Taraka, a demon who had the boon by which he could only be killed by a six-day old warrior. Being a hermit, he refused to produce any children and so his semen, unshed for eons, became highly potent. In later stories, Shiva is described as his father. In the earliest stories, his father was Agni, the fire-god, and his mother was Swaha, the consort of Agni, who took the form of the six wives (stars of the Pleiades constellation) of the seven sages (stars of the Great Bear constellation) to satisfy the lust of her husband who was contemplating seducing the wives of the sages. That is why scriptures describe him as having one father but many mothers. And to be god of war, he had to be virile, hyper-virile in fact. In Hinduism, Kartikeya was the god of war. That is why every culture has need for a god of war.

Greed or need, there is no escape from war. Sometimes, however, war is noble - fought to defend independence, to defend honor. It is the animal side of us - that side which seeks domination. Yet, some accounts told that Athena actually stopped him by throwing a boulder on him.ДЄres is usually depicted with a spear in his hand but on occasion he can be seen with a vulture or dog beside him, which are known to be other symbols of him.Published in Sunday Midday on 14 September, 2008.ДЄnimals fight for food and territory and mates. Convinced by Aphrodite to fight beside Trojans, Ares decided to join the battle however, Athena stopped him by taking his shield, helmet and spear. He was warned by his father, Zeus, to not to take any side on this war but he ignored these warnings. The Gods judged and acquitted Ares on top of a hill which is known today as Areopagus, meaning the Hill of Ares.ДЄres was also known to have participated in the Trojan War. Poseidon called for a meeting of Olympian gods for a tribunal to judge Ares for this crime. Ares killed PoseidonвЂ™s son Halirrhotius because he raped one of AresвЂ™ daughters, Alcippe. In one of the myths Ares was told to have a conflict with the god of sea, Poseidon. There are two gods of war in Greek mythology Ares was known as the god of war that symbolized physical attributes of the war and the bloodlust and Athena was the goddess of intelligence, bravery, warfare strategies and skills. Ares and Aphrodite had six children from the affair they had Eros, Harmonia, Adrestia, Demios, Anteros and Phobos. However, Ares never quit his affair with Aphrodite and even went to kill Adonis, one of AphroditeвЂ™s lovers. All the other Gods came to see them in shame and Ares was deeply humiliated by that. According to the story AphroditeвЂ™s husband, Hephaestus caught the lovers and trapped them in chains. However, in most account he was described as a very handsome male who had many affairs using his physical qualities.ДЄresвЂ™ affair with Aphrodite is one of the most famous myths regarding the god of war. Some accounts told that Ares did not have distinctive physical features and that is the reason he was not depicted very clear in sculpture and in paintings.

Because of these qualities Ares became one of the Greek gods hated and feared the most by people. Ares was a courageous, strong and fearless God who was actually one of the most important characters in Greek mythology.ДЄres was known to differ from his Roman counterpart with being more cruel and loving the bloodshed caused by war. He was one of the sons of Hera and Zeus and his counterpart in Roman mythology was Mars. Ares was the god of war in Greek mythology.

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